Foie gras is an incredibly cruel "delicacy." It is a food that can only be made by
force-feeding excessive amounts of grain down a bird's throat, until the excess makes their livers swell vastly larger than is normal.
This production process is brutal and inhumane. Frightened geese and ducks are locked in cages where handlers
shove a funnel into their mouths and pour the seemingly endless amounts of grain into their little bodies.
That's why the British public was so relieved to hear that its government was promising to ban the importation of foie gras. But now, the government is changing its tune and pretending it never made any such promise. Sign the petition to demand a ban on this vicious food in the UK!When UK voters were considering whether or not to approve Brexit, they were told that, once the UK was out of the EU, the government could set stronger welfare standards for farmed animals. That included protecting farmed animals by banning cruel imports like foie gras.
The UK had
already banned any production of foie gras within its borders back in 2006, but that ban did not affect imports from other countries, like France. In fact, each year, approximately 180 tons of this vile product are imported to the UK from European countries.
Most recently, before the 2024 general election in the UK, the environment secretary promised that the Labour party would "ban the commercial import of foie gras, where ducks and geese are aggressively force-fed." After the Labour party won a landslide victory, its new government suddenly went quiet on the subject. When journalists tried to ask for clarification, a spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told The Guardian: "We won't be commenting on this one."
It is not acceptable for elected leaders to sacrifice animals' welfare to their political ambitions. If they campaigned on protecting animals and won the election, they have a duty to follow through on those promises.
Sign the petition to demand that the UK government immediately ban the importation of foie gras!